When a teenage boy breaks free of his uptight mother and struggling musicproducer father, wanting to punish them for their separation, how does he channel all that righteous adolescent rage? As always, through the rock’n’roll.

When a teenage boy breaks free of his uptight mother and struggling musicproducer father, wanting to punish them for their separation, how does he channel all that righteous adolescent rage? As always, through rock’n’roll – that which “burns up all the excess fat that suffocates the brain”. It’s a passion shared by both father and son. It’s a source of renewed hope for the father, even though he’s well aware that this music draws its energy from despair. With his drug-pushing mistress and slightly round-the-bend press attaché, he dives back into the world of music studios

and frenzied gigs. The bond between father and son starts to heal and then become strained as the darkness closes in.